November 9, 2018
Comments Off on Man who shot another during argument claimed self-defense – $255,000 Settlement
On Mother’s Day 2015, the decedent drove to his home in Bedford County. Shortly thereafter, he was confronted by the defendant who alleged the decedent had driven too fast through the neighborhood and almost hit his dogs. The defendant had ...
Tagged with: Bedford County Circuit Court Judge Malfourd W. "Bo" Trumbo Settlement Wrongful Death
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October 9, 2018
Comments Off on Family of man killed in plant conversion settles for $4.7M – $4.7 Million Settlement
On Oct. 5, 2012, the decedent was working as a pipefitter at a paper manufacturing plant in Southeast Virginia. The project included the conversion of the plant from a paper manufacturing plant to a tissue mill. The owner of the ...
Tagged with: Judge Pamela S. Baskervill Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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September 4, 2018
Comments Off on Products claim would have become negligent maintenance case – $800,000 Settlement
Decedent was a contractor who died in a workplace incident in a large factory in Southwest Virginia. What initially looked like a products liability case against the manufacturer of the machine that failed turned into a case against the factory ...
Tagged with: Settlement Wrongful Death
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August 17, 2018
Comments Off on Family lost three members in tractor-trailer wreck – $2 Million Settlement
A family lost its mother, father and grandmother in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. The driver was alleged to have lost control in rainy conditions on a downhill grade killing all instantly. The driver consistently denied his negligence. There ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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August 10, 2018
Comments Off on Family lost three members in tractor-trailer wreck – $2 Million Settlement
A family lost its mother, father and grandmother in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. The driver was alleged to have lost control in rainy conditions on a downhill grade killing all instantly. The driver consistently denied his negligence. There ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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July 30, 2018
Comments Off on Fetal death claim not limited to mother
Six years after the General Assembly created a cause of action for the wrongful death of a fetus, a Virginia circuit judge has ruled that the mother is not the only family member that can claim damages under the law. ...
Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David A. Oblon Virginia Circuit Courts Wrongful Death
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July 27, 2018
Comments Off on Woman killed while walking through store parking lot – $3.5 Million Settlement
Plaintiff, a 48-year-old female married with two children, was a customer at a store in Northern Virginia. The plaintiff had exited the store and was walking towards the parking lot using a marked pedestrian crosswalk. An operator of a Ford ...
Tagged with: Judge Gerald Bruce Lee Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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June 18, 2018
Comments Off on Man, stopped for traffic, killed in rear-ender – $1.45 Million Settlement
Plaintiff’s decedent, a 60-year-old divorced man survived by his adult daughter, was fatally injured in an auto collision on one of the many Tidewater bridge crossings. Decedent, driving an old model sedan with a rear-mounted gas tank, was stopped for ...
Tagged with: Judge Robert S. Brewbaker Jr. Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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May 21, 2018
Comments Off on Northern Neck wrongful death case settles for $4M – $4 Million Settlement
On the night of Aug. 10-11, 2017, two friends, Graham McCormick and J. Randolph “Rand” Hooper went for a boat ride on Carter’s Creek in Lancaster County. The boat belonged to Rand’s father, Gary Hooper, who had given Rand permission ...
Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Richmond Circuit Court Wrongful Death
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April 23, 2018
Comments Off on Truck hit guardrail, left debris on highway, two killed – $845,000 Settlement
On April 1, 2014, a Nova Express tractor-trailer driven by Phillip Emiabata d/b/a Nova Express drove off the northbound travel lanes of I-81 in Wythe, crashed through the guardrail and came to rest on its side in the left southbound ...
Tagged with: Judge Diane McQuade Strickland Judge Robert S. Ballou Settlement U.S. District Court - Western District Wrongful Death
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